Changes in melatonin and sex steroid hormone production among men as a result of rotating night shift work - the HORMONIT study

• Main Authors: Barbara N Harding (Author), Gemma Castaño-Vinyals (Author), Anna Palomar-Cros (Author), Kyriaki Papantoniou (Author), Ana Espinosa (Author), Debra J Skene (Author), Benita Middleton (Author), Alex Gomez-Gomez (Author), José Maria Navarrete (Author), Patricia Such Faro (Author), Antonio Torrejón (Author), Manolis Kogevinas (Author), Oscar J Pozo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: Data from real world settings on circadian disruption and subsequent hormone-related changes may explain the higher risk of hormone-dependent cancers among night shift workers.The present study examines the melatonin and sex steroid hormone levels among night shift workers. METHODS: We in...